brette

Inherited from Old French [espee/lame] brette (“Breton [sword/blade]”).

• IPA^(key): /bʁɛt/

brette f (plural brettes)

1. rapier, (type of) long sword

• bretteur (“he who fights with swords, especially rapiers”)

• “brette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Old Norse bretta.

brette (imperative brett, present tense bretter, passive brettes, simple past and past participle bretta or brettet, present participle brettende)

1. to fold, wrap
2. to roll

   brette opp ermene ― roll up one's sleeves

• “brette” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “brette_3” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From Old Norse bretta.

brette (present tense brettar/bretter, past tense bretta/brette, past participle bretta/brett, passive infinitive brettast, present participle brettande, imperative brette/brett)

1. to fold, wrap
2. to roll

   brette opp ermane ― roll up one's sleeves

• bretta

• “brette” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.